As the President and Founder of Amanda Ashton Consulting, Amanda has spent over a decade helping nonprofits turn bold ideas into lasting impact. Since 2013, she has worked as a nonprofit consultant, specializing in strategic planning, impact evaluation, and organizational growth. Amanda’s passion lies in working alongside nonprofit leaders—the visionaries and changemakers—helping them combine their drive with strategy to create real, measurable change.

As a consultant, Amanda partners with nonprofits to provide strategic planning, growth management, fundraising strategy, metrics & evaluation, and project management, equipping organizations with the tools they need to strengthen infrastructure, engage donors, and maximize impact. With over a decade of experience working alongside nonprofit leaders, Amanda focuses on building sustainable systems and measuring impact, ensuring organizations are positioned to grow, adapt, and thrive.

Before launching Change Better, Amanda trained young social entrepreneurs at DoSomething.org, the largest nonprofit for youth-led social change, and worked at the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, whose work focuses on taking risks to catalyze change and transform lives.

Amanda lives in the Minneapolis suburbs with her husband, two kids, and their dog, Milo.